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N. H. Cole Simons

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29 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Seventeen- hundred dollars. I know that for a fact. They told me; they showed me the bottle. So they had to rummage around before they could leave the hospital to get the money to pay for the prescription to manage that infection. And those are the issues that people are unsettled about.
29 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Those costs, those health care costs, Mr. Deputy Speaker, are causing anxiety in the community.
29 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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So, I think, yes, th e Minister is rolling out her plan. She is consulting with the com-munity. But while consulting she should be having some idea as to how she is going to go forward. B ecause I heard the Minister say, and other Ministers say, Consulting doesn’t mean we’re goi ng to do what you’re going to say. …
29 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and I appreciate that. So, in closing, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I would say that the consultation process can continue. But at the same time, they must come up with recommendations and ideas that they can present to the communiBermuda House of Assembly ty. Yes, it is fine to ask, you know, What is your …
29 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Deputy Speaker, those are the things. They have to lead and provide recommendations and not just say, Well, if your consensus is three, then we are going to do three visits to the specialist. Let us just show leadership, Mr. Deputy Speaker. So again, I say I know it is a difficult job, Mr. Deputy Speaker. But I know …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, point of order.
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, this, as was said earlier by my coll eagues, is a Throne Speech. And Throne Speeches are not normally required in a Statement of the House. Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that he is mi sleading the House in that this is supposed to be a Statement. [Inaudible interjection]
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes, but he is disguising it. [It is] a Throne Speech, Mr. Speaker. [Inaudible interjections] An Hon. Member: It says it right there! “I have termed this s tatement Throne Speech. ”
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Exactly, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can we hav e an opinion o r a ruling in regard to this being a Statement and not a Throne Speech? [Inaudible interjections]
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to send condolences to the family of [Rui] Paul Fortuna, of Smith’s. He was a constituent of mine. And he was renowned in the Portuguese community. He was a family man. And when we went to his house, many times we talked about politics, we talked about Be rmuda, we spoke about the history of …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as m y colleague has said, in principle, we support the premise. And the debate around the expatriate worker, we said that, in essence, we support equalising the field. My colleague’s comment was a matter of timing. Is this the right time? The issues that I would like to raise, I heard the Minister …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, given the cha llenging times that we face economically, a number of small employers are not able to keep up with their expenses. And, Mr. Speaker, they are deducting pension contributions from their employees’ salaries and are not . . . and those contributions are not being transmitted to a pension scheme. We know of a number of …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding that at some point the Pension Commission is to be self -sufficient. An d they need, Mr. Speaker, more resources to get their job done effectively. It is my understanding they only have six employees, Mr. Speaker. And I can say emphatically, Mr. Speaker, that they do not have enough resources and emplo yees …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to yield for lunch and come back after.
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes, Mr. Speaker.
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, before we broke for lunch, I had concerns about employers who fell behind in paying their employees’ pension contributions to the fund and commission. The challenge that I have is that we have i nnocent people being made afoul of because of the fact that some employers are having financial difficulties, and some employers …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to the amendment to [ new clause 2A,] (1B) . . . I think he is taking advice.
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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In regard to the amendment [New clause 2A,] (1B), making exemption for pensions qualified under the 401(k) in the US, will the Minister give an undertaking to ensure that other pension schemes that are recognised by federal governments, such as the UK and Canada, will be included at some point in the future so that can apply to Canadian and …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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The section . . . I am going to something else now in that area [clause] 2(a) . . . would I be correct in saying the “administrator” can also include corporate administrators? And in regard to 2(f) can the Minister give us some criteria that is used by the Commission in rec-ognising actuarial qualifications in other jurisdictions? Given that …
15 Nov 2019 House of Assembly
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Clause 5, [amending section 7]—